Walt Whitman sports fans and students gathered in the bus loop on September 14 to celebrate the beginning of the fall sports season. The tailgate festivities started at 5:00 p.m. before the kickoff of...

A typical high school class evokes images of students inattentively listening to lectures, taking notes and preparing for exams. The classroom is silent as students listen to instructions for the next...

Just off Tuckerman Lane in Rockville, an inviting path travels up a hill on expansive rolling grounds. It winds between sets of carefully-planted bushes and below an elegant gazebo that watches over the...

Five years ago, senior Maddie Belanoff couldn’t have imagined herself be acting out a script in front of a high-definition camera, breaking in the make-up trailer or following suggestions from the person...

After establishing a successful early start to his teaching career at Whitman, English teacher Matthew Bruneel put his Maryland life on pause in 2014 to venture to Cambodia alongside his wife Leshia. The...

Some names have been changed to protect students’ privacy. Sitting on the dock at his lake house, then sophomore Liam watched his friend pull a joint and a lighter out of his pocket. They looked out...

Whitman Navigators hosted a celebration during lunch yesterday to welcome the freshman class and other new students to the school. The lunch included games, music and treats for students to enjoy while...

A crowd of people bustling through a deli is the best sign. The smell of freshly baked bagels and cookies hits you first. Then you take in the piles of flavored cream cheeses next to cases filled with...

In 2019, director Rian Johnson crossed from pop science-fiction on the big screen into streaming with his most celebrated hit to date, the Netflix movie “Knives Out.” Almost three years later, Johnson...

ChatGPT has leaped into the spotlight, carrying the torch as the leading artificial intelligence program since OpenAI, its creator, introduced its revolutionary revamp in early 2023. As a result, debates,...

The lunch bell rings. A stampede of students flood out of bright teal doorways into the Whitman bus loop. Seniors get into their cars and leave campus, many with one destination in mind: Westwood Shopping...

The D.C. Pride Festival has brought people together since 1975, espousing key human values like community, acceptance and solidarity. From grassroots campaigns to large protests, members of the LGBTQ+...